Eastman (Kingsport, Tenn.) announced a planned increase of its Eastman Therminol 66 heat-transfer fluid manufacturing capacity in Anniston, Alabama. The plant expansion is expected to be complete in 2024 and will increase U.S.-based capacity by 50%. "We are significantly investing…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) is building a £80 million gigafactory at its existing site in Royston, U.K., to scale up the manufacture of hydrogen fuel cell components. Earlier this year, JM announced a refreshed strategy, with an ambition to…
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced the start of commercial operation of a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) splitter at its Geismar site in Louisiana. The $180-million splitter gives Huntsman the ability to produce more high-value, differentiated grades from the…
Umicore N.V. (Brussels, Belgium) plans to construct a manufacturing facility for cathode active battery materials (CAM) and their precursor materials (pCAM) in Ontario, Canada. For Umicore this investment represents the final step in establishing a truly global production presence with…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) has invested in first biomethane production unit in China, wihic is expected to begin operation by the end of 2022. Located in Huai’an City, in the Jiangsu Province, the unit will have a production capacity of…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) completed the installation and start-up of a new acrylic dispersions production line in Dahej, India, serving the coatings, construction, adhesives and paper industries for the South Asian markets. BASF began production of polymer dispersions in Dahej,…
AkzoNobel N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced a €20-million investment to increase and improve production at two of its sites in France. A total of €15 million will be spent on the company’s aerospace coatings facility in Pamiers, which was taken…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for May 2022 (most recent available) is once again higher than the previous month’s value, continuing the string of monthly increases that has been observed since autumn 2020. In May…
Today, Atotech (Berlin, Germany; www.atotech.com), a leading specialty chemicals technology company and a market leader in advanced electroplating solutions, celebrated the inauguration of its new production site in Querétaro, Mexico. The site is located at Parque Industrial Aeropuerto (PIA) Colón…
Koch Engineered Solutions (Wichita, Kan.; www.kochengineeredsolutions.com) announced July 11 that its affiliate company, Optimized Process Designs (OPD), executed a definitive engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement with Fidelis New Energy LLC (Houston; www.fidelisinfra.com) for the primary renewable fuels processing facility…